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Saturday, 8 June 2013

Today AIM member Marianne Cook tells us about her latest handmade miniature delight....

"One flower that I really love and have been wanting to make for ages is the wallflower and recently I devoted a while to working out a way to make one. It involved painting the tissue paper, punching out flower shapes and then adding shading to each individual blossom.

After that was complete, I had to make the tiny buds which cluster around the top of each stem. Each stem has leaves growing all the way up; these needed to be cut and punched from painted paper. Then the was a lot of wire and glue!

And finally, a micro tip pen to indicate the stamens in each flower head!

This is the finished result....

I'll leave you to decide if I managed to achieve the realistic effect aimed at!"

Thursday, 6 June 2013

Due to
constant requests from customers to expand the range of existingdoll’s
house scale firescreen designs, and include matching designs for other items in
her range, Janet has just launched these four firescreen kits. They are to be
stitched in needlepoint on 32 count silk gauze (counted from a colour block
chart), with one strand of Anchor cotton. Everything you need is included in
the kit – even the white metal firescreen, which comes as three parts and
simply needs to be glued together and then painted. Choose from a willow
pattern motif, a classic tree of life, a stunning Berlin woolwork design in
black and gold or a floral design with a green trellis background.

If you
haven’t stitched in this scale before, or would like to know more about what
making one of these kits involves, why not have a look at the FREE ONLINE
TUTORIALS at www.janetgranger.co.uk/tutorials.htm
and see how easy it is to create one of these!

The kit
costs £19.95. P&P is £1.75 per order in the UK (£3.50 overseas). You can
pay using VISA, Mastercard and Paypal (online only), or you can make your
cheque payable to Janet Granger if ordering by post.

Sunday, 2 June 2013

Here at AIM, we are pleased to announce that our latest Edition of the AIM iMag is out now and free to view online!

With AIM members bursting to share with you their knowledge on miniature weddings, shop keepers and medical matters, alongside projects and competitions, this issue is yet another not to be missed miniature treat.

So why not grab yourself a cuppa, curl up in your favourite armchair and enjoy the 46th issue of the AIM iMag!!

AIM iMag Issue 59 ~ Out Now

As you may know, throughout the year, the members of AIM produce a FREE magazine filled with features, projects, news and more.

If you can't wait for the next issue of the magazine, then here on our blog you can keep up to date with our members' news and creations.

You can also access some of the very first issues of the AIM Magazine by going to the main Artisans In Miniature website and following the links to each edition of the AIM iMag from issue 9. Issues 1-8 were produced in an old format and are not available to archive, but many of the projects from these issues will of been revisited in the newer issues.